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Dec 6, 2023 · He also remains on Indigo’s board and is the company’s largest shareholder. In 2019, he made it onto Forbes’ list of billionaires, with an estimated worth of US$1.6 billion. Gerry Schwartz ...
Dec 9, 2023 · Speaking with BNN Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang in October, Reisman suggested her return was intended to mark a course correction for a company that, in her words, “took a journey off brand.” In the interview, Reisman made one comment that was startling, coming as it did from such a savvy and experienced businesswoman: “It turns out succession is really hard,” she told Lang, in all ...
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Aug 19, 2024 · Heather Reisman was possibly the most powerful person in Canada’s book publishing industry at the turn of the twenty-first century and certainly the country’s most prominent Jewish businesswoman. In addition to charitable giving, Reisman has shown sensitivity to Jewish concerns in the conduct of her business.
- Early Life
- Founder and CEO of Indigo Books & Music
- Co-Founder of Kobo Inc.
- Retirement
- Board Memberships and Other Affiliations
- Philanthropy
- Film Work
- Personal Life
- Honours and Awards
Heather Reisman was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a middle-class Jewish family. Her father, Mark, was a real estate broker; while her mother, Rose, owned a high-end clothing store where Reisman had her first job folding clothes (see also Clothing Industries). She is the niece of Simon Reisman, who was Canada’s chief negotiator for the 1989 Canada-US...
After leaving Cott, Heather Reisman was contacted by Borders, an American chain of bookstores, to act as a local partner for their expansion into Canada. When the venture failed to receive required federal regulatory approval in Canada, Reisman decided to start her own big-box bookstore chain. Indigo Books & Music was officially launched in 1996. A...
In 2009, Heather Reisman co-founded electronic reader maker and platform Kobo Inc., as a spinoff of Indigo. Within two years, Kobo had become the most popular e-reading platform in Canada. But the high cost of running Kobo and fighting digital giants Appleand Amazon for domination of the e-reader market put a drain on Indigo’s resources. In 2011, R...
In September 2022, Heather Reisman stepped down as chief executive officer of Indigo Books and Music Inc. and became executive chair. Peter Ruis, the retailer’s president assumed Reisman’s former role as chief executive officer. In June 2023, Indigo Books and Music Inc. announced that Reisman would officially retire as executive chair and director ...
Heather Reisman is a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg conference, an annual meeting of Europe and North America’s business, political and academic leaders. She serves on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Sinai Health System in Toronto and Onex Corporation. She is also a former governor of the Toronto Stock...
Heather Reisman supports a variety of charitable and arts organizations through the Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation, established in 1992. She has also raised funds for medical research and Jewishand Israeli organizations. In 2004, Reisman founded the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, of which she is chair, with a mission to get more...
Heather Reisman was the co-executive producer for the documentary Fed Up (2014) and The Social Dilemma(2020).
In addition to her two children from her first marriage, Heather Reisman has two stepchildren with Gerry Schwartz, and nine grandchildren. A lifelong bookworm, Reisman still tries to read a book a week.
John Molson School of Business Award of Distinction, Concordia University(2000)International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, University of Manitoba(2003)Honorary Doctor of Commerce, Ryerson University(2006)Visionary Award, Waterloo Regional Entrepreneur Hall of Fame (2006)Dec 8, 2023 · This revised and updated factsheet explains why the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada has been calling for boycott of Indigo Books & Music Inc., since 2006. It outlines how the founder and CEO of Indigo Heather Reisman co-founded the HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers, which encourages foreigners to join the Israeli army and continue their studies in Israel.
Sep 18, 2023 · After a brief retirement, Heather Reisman has been reinstated as CEO of Indigo, the book retailer she founded almost 30 years ago. The retailer announced the news in a press release Monday morning.
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Back in 2002, Reisman was involved in starting what would become the most brutal, anti-Palestinian racist pro-Israel lobby in Canada—CIJA. After Montreal’s Concordia students protested against a visit by Netanyahu, organized by Hillel, and got it cancelled, Reisman gathered a bunch of rich zionists and started ramping up the Hasbara campaigns.
